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EAGLE BAY CAMP is proud to host the:
“NO FINISH LINE” LADIES CYCLING CAMP

For Beginner & Intermediate Road Cyclists
MAY 25th – 27th, 2012
at Eagle Bay Camp on Shuswap Lake
Coaches include:
Leah Goldstein
Lori Moger M.Sc.
Marni Hamilton

Cost: $329 per person – Max. capacity 50
Price includes:
2 nights accommodation (shared)
6 meals and snacks
Take home goodies
Fully supported rides
Technical, Nutritional, & Training advice
Demos by Fresh Air Experience
Draw prizes from Trek, Pearl Izumi, Skinz, & more!

To Register go to www.eaglebaycamp.com

For more details email todd@eaglebaycamp.com or lori@breakawayfitness.net

Well bike season is here!!!

The sun has been shining…a little and now day light savings so we can get back to our evening rides.

Let’s all keep it rubber side down this year!!!

NOCS Trail Day Sunday at Ellison Park

Time to wake Ellison park up from its winter slumber!

Meet in the parking lot at 10:00AM this Sunday, March 11.  Please bring small tools (rakes, trimmers).  BC Parks will be on hand to shoot a promotional video highlighting volunteer efforts in the parks, so come out and be part of the video!

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2012

VILLAGE GREEN HOTEL

6:30 – 8:00 PM

NOMINATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR POSITIONS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.  PLEASE FORWARD YOUR NOMINATIONS TO okcycling@gmail.com or directly to the President at cynthiakapicki@gmail.com. ALL NOMINATIONS ARE TO BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY MARCH 5, 2012.

NOCS IS INVITING ALL CYCLISTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND THE AGM TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT NOCS HAS ACCOMPLISHED IN 2011, WHAT NOCS INTENDS TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2012 AND TO FIND OUT HOW YOU, AS A MEMBER, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!   2012 MEMBERSHIPS WILL BE AVAILABLE.   THANK YOU.

Public Notice – The Unexploded Explosive Ordnance Hazard
At Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park:
A Public Information Session
The Department of National Defence (DND) Unexploded Explosive Ordnance (UXO) and Legacy Sites Program invites you to attend a public information session regarding upcoming UXO investigation and removal activities at Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park.
During the Public Information Session, DND officials will brief participants on the military history in Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park, the risks associated with Unexploded Explosive Ordnance (UXO), how to stay safe, as well as DND’s plans to reduce the UXO risk in the area.

The UXO Hazard in Vernon Fact Sheet

Public Notice The Unexploded Explosive Ordnance Hazard At Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park
The information session will be held:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 7 PM
Schubert Centre
3505 – 30th Avenue
Vernon, British Columbia
For additional information, please contact:
DND UXO and Legacy Sites Program
1-800-207-0599

Trail Development

NOCS is preparing a Trail Development proposal for submission to BC Parks,  MOTCA and other stakeholders. If you have thoughts of a proposed trail, we would like to hear from you with as much information as possible including GPS data of the general location if possible.

Your proposal will be included in the NOCS Trail Development plan for approval. Please respond by email to okcycling@gmail.com  as soon as possible, or contact any of the board members as our proposal must be submitted for approval before the end of February if we want to have the ability to build this spring. Thanks!

NOCS is also looking for some volunteers to help out in the following areas:

•   Anyone qualified to perform impact assessments on new trails
•   Anyone with web skills who’d be willing to help update/maintain the NOCS website

If you’re interested in either of the above or know someone who might be, please email okcycling@gmail.com

Recently we applied for a grant through BC Hydro and their Community Outreach Program. Well we were successful thanks to Cynthia and received a $5,000 grant from BC Hydro just last month. They will be sending us the same grant again next year. Woo hoo! This is fantastic with more money to put into our trails.

For more info : http://www.bchydro.com/community/community_investment.html

The Wednesday night ride decided this past week to make a Mountain Bike Christmas Tree!

Wednesday November 23    6:30pm   @ The Vernon Town Cinema

Movies:

-From the Inside Out (Anthill Films / Second Base)

-All I can (Sherpas Cinema)

Time: Doors @ 6:30, Inside Out @ 7 , All I Can @ 8:15

Tickets: $15 (Cash Only Please)
Available at: -Attridge
-Olympia Cycle and Ski
-Skyride Cycle
-Sun Country Cycle
-Outdoor Exposure
-@ at the Door

Tons of PRIZES including A PAIR OF SKEVIK SKIS!!

Come support your local Cycling Society and have a great time dong it!
We’re wrapping up bike season and kick starting ski season.

Huge thanks to our sponsors:

-SKEVIK skis
-Attridge
-Olympia Cycle and Ski
-Skyride Cycle
-Sun Coutry Cycle
-Outdoor Exposure

Check out the TRAILERS below!

INSIDE OUT trailer

ALL I CAN trailer

As usual, NOCS Cosens Creek Trail Day was a success!  Our focus was Bid Ed…. 19 volunteers showed up, the weather cleared and we accomplished everything we set out to do.  We built 2 ride-arounds; one eliminating the steep climb after the old paraglide launch (beware, the top section has a tight line which crosses in front of a bear den; we still need to bridge over it) and the other one eliminates the steep rooty tight decent; although the gully line is still open if you choose to ride it.  Also, the berms on Jimmy Thang have been tweaked… so everyone have fun riding Big Ed.

NOCS will not be having any further trail days this year, so I encourage the trail bosses to ride their assigned trails before the snow falls and report any maintanence required.    Any major work required will be done with small work parties.

ON THAT NOTE … Kristopher Seiler from National Defence Canada flew out from Edmonton to talk to us on our trail day about UXO’s…. Unexploded Explosive Ordnance.  Kal Park was used as a military training centre during the wars and UXO’s may exist in Kalamalka Provincial Park…. some examples of UXO are unexploded bombs, rockets, grenades, artillery shells, flares, mortars and hazardous residues that remain after a partial detonation.   The Dept. of National Defence will be doing a sweep of Kal Park, in particular the trailed areas, next year.  In the meantime, he strongly warned us of the possibilities that UXO’s exist.  If you find something that could be a UXO please don’t touch it, remember the location and leave the area, and call 911 or the police or myself.

You may have read in the paper about a local guy, Michael Schratter, who is riding across the world for mental health.  Here is the link to the RIDE DON’T HIDE website.  You can be part of his journey and ride with him from the College to the Canadian Mental Health Association building on Thursday, be at the College at 4 pm.

www.ridedonthide.com.  here is a little video on Michael   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3v94qGmuKg

Ellison Park parking lot 5:30 October 30.

Costumes optional.

Don’t forget your lights!!!

Tricks and treats after the ride!